| Title |
Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy |
| ID_Doc |
20774 |
| Authors |
Straub, L; Hartley, K; Dyakonov, I; Gupta, H; van Vuuren, D; Kirchherr, J |
| Title |
Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137027 |
| Abstract |
A growing body of scholarship has examined circular business models as a pathway towards sustainability. However, employee skills to support such business models have been largely overlooked. Addressing this research gap, this article proposes a comprehensive skill taxonomy for start-ups embracing circular economy transition. As the first large-N effort to develop a comprehensive skill taxonomy for circular business model implementation, this study uses a clustering analysis of self-reported skill profiles for 2407 staff working in circular start-ups. The taxonomy outlines 40 skills across six categories: business innovation, operations, social dimensions, systems, digitization, and technical issues. Findings suggest that circular business model imple-mentation requires a set of general, sustainable, and circular skills, but some of these skills have been neglected in scholarship. Promoting circular narratives as a framing device for skill development can help advance CE towards mainstream uptake, and this study's taxonomy offers a practical framework for using talent to accelerate CE transition. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; Circular business models; Sustainability; Capabilities; Skills; Skill taxonomy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000991002000001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137027
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